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US-9794584

Image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, and image coding method

PublishedOctober 17, 2017
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Technical Abstract

In a case that a pixel shape in a luma domain is not similar to a pixel shape in a chroma domain in an input image, a prediction image that is generated in the reuse of a luma prediction mode is made more accurate.A moving image decoding apparatus 1 includes a gradient deriving unit 1453B that references a chroma gradient definition DEFANG1C, and derives a chroma prediction direction from a prediction mode based on a luma prediction direction.

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1. An image decoding apparatus for decoding an image by generating prediction images using by an intra prediction mode, the image decoding apparatus comprising: a circuit; wherein the circuit is configured to derive a chroma prediction mode based on a luma prediction mode; and the circuit is configured to generate a chroma prediction image by the chroma prediction mode, wherein the circuit is configured to derive, in a case that a chroma prediction mode index included in coded data is one: (i) the chroma prediction mode as an angular prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a vertical mode, and (ii) the chroma prediction mode as a vertical prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a planar prediction mode.

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2. The image decoding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the chroma prediction mode is derived in a case that a color format is a 4:2:2 format.

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3. An image decoding method for decoding an image by generating prediction images using by an intra prediction mode, the image decoding method comprising the steps of: (a) deriving a chroma prediction mode based on a luma prediction mode; and (b) generating a chroma prediction image by the chroma prediction mode, in the step (a), in a case that a chroma prediction mode index included in coded data is one: (i) deriving the chroma prediction mode as an angular prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a vertical mode, and (ii) deriving the chroma prediction mode as a vertical prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a planar prediction mode.

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4. The image decoding method according to claim 3 , wherein the chroma prediction mode is derived in a case that a color format is a 4:2:2 format.

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5. An image coding apparatus for coding an image by generating prediction images using by an intra prediction mode, the image coding apparatus comprising: a circuit; wherein the circuit is configured to derive a chroma prediction mode based on a luma prediction mode; and the circuit is configured to generate a chroma prediction image by the chroma prediction mode, wherein the circuit is configured to derive, in a case that a chroma prediction mode index is one: (i) the chroma prediction mode as an angular prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a vertical mode, and (ii) the chroma prediction mode as a vertical prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a planar prediction mode.

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6. The image coding apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the chroma prediction mode is derived in a case that a color format is a 4:2:2 format.

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7. An image coding method for coding an image by generating prediction images using by an intra prediction mode, the image coding method comprising the steps of: (a) deriving a chroma prediction mode based on a luma prediction mode; and (b) generating a chroma prediction image by the chroma prediction mode, in the step (a), in a case that a chroma prediction mode index is one: (i) deriving the chroma prediction mode as an angular prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a vertical mode, and (ii) deriving the chroma prediction mode as a vertical prediction mode in a case that the luma prediction mode is a planar prediction mode.

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8. The image coding method according to claim 7 , wherein the chroma prediction mode is derived in a case that a color format is a 4:2:2 format.

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February 7, 2017

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October 17, 2017

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